Three superb short films!

Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History, 113 Words for You Today, & Missing Rhythms.

 

Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Documentary

Feminist scholar, Susan Rennie, seizes her iPhone and sneaks her queer, octogenarian body into master works of art, disrupting the narrative of the male gaze.

Director(s): Cheri Gaulke
Writer(s): Cheri Gaulke, Sue Maberry
Producer(s): Cheri Gaulke
Key Cast: Susan Rennie, Kirsten Grimstad

Country: United States
 

113 Words For You Today

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Animation

On a frozen planet where every word costs energy, a worker endures silence, storms, and solitude, saving his words for the one that matters most.

Director(s): Bo Qing Tang, Lan Zeng
Writer(s): Bo Qing Tang
Producer(s): Bo Qing Tang

Country: China, Taiwan, United States

 

Missing Rhythms

2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

In a mysterious insane asylum full of missing Black women from all over the country, a woman must use rhythm to remember her true identity and fight being lost forever behind the ominous Blue Door.

Director(s): Regina Hoyles
Writer(s): Aja Houston
Producer(s): Julie Bersani, Toni Adeyemi, Regina Hoyles
Key Cast: Aja Houston, Inger Tudor, Farelle Walker, Nona Parker Johnson, Hugo Armstrong, Jordane Christie

Country: United States